"It's 1937, and shy, homely, 18-year-old Violet Mathers—battered by her mother's desertion, a father's verbal and physical abuse and an accident that cost her her arm—has decided to travel from her Kentucky hometown to the Golden Gate Bridge, from which she plans to jump. As fate will have it, however, the bus she's riding on is totaled in North Dakota. Luckily, she's put up by a warm local family, whose heartthrob son, Kjel (pronounced "shell"), dreams of musical stardom with his black friend Austin, a guitar virtuoso. Pitying Violet, Kjel ropes her into a journey to retrieve Austin's brother, Dallas, a sullen but musically gifted ex-con. By happy accident, the three men fill in for a no-show band at a carnival, enthralling the first of many crowds. As the Pearltones, they soon inspire a mania of Elvis-like proportions, and Violet blooms in their company and proves a savvy manager."
As most Landvik novels follow - this one has twists and turns which leave the characters with whiplash. Lives they planned on having and dreams they planned on following get waylaid by life. Typical.
I liked this novel but of all the Lorna Landvik novels I've read (this, I believe is #4), it was my least favorite. That being said, however, it still made me laugh out loud and I still would always recommend Landvik for a quick, easy, heart-warming read.
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